The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1887-01-01
Letter from Zeke YOCuril.
HOW CHRISTMAS WAS SPENT AT
HATTON.

ter L cautioned CampDelllteS, Bap-
lists, Methodists and Catholics, in
reference to that old firm of Tom and
Jerry, and my advice to them to run
from any one with Il bottle, DC. On
Christmas Eve Il great many went
to Frankfort to see Santa Claus, and
made "A fatal mistake. In place of
seeing Santa they visited Tom and
Jerry, and came home most glO-
riOuSly drunk. Two Of those being
Baptists, one Of the party trying to
find some one who could tell him
how Tom and Jerry made that good
stuff. He said he had the whisky,
eggs and milk, but didn't know how
it was made. Said he wanted
enough made so that he could swim
in it, it was so good. The other poor
fellow wanted some of the brethren
to pray for him. All of the above
happened on Christmas Eve.
DECEMBER %, 1886 - CHRISTMAS
DAY.
Six more Baptists and two Camp
beIites mistook Tom and Jerry for
Santa Claus. They said they were
honestly mistaken; that they were
trying to find old Santa, but met
Tom and Jerry and drank some yell
low stuff, which made them very
sick. One Of the Baptists took his
child with him to town, who was
greatly frightened, thinking that his
pa was going to die.
The two Campbellites were so
drunk that they did not know where
they were. In the evening there
were not less than twenty-five little
peach orchard shOdts frOthing at the
mouth, all wanting to fight, and
some did fight If Jack Angrave
had been here the next morning he
could have found enough ears, fin
gers and noses to have made sOuse
enough to have lasted Frankfort for
at least one month.
All this happened in the presence
of a magistrate Pm fearful that he
will bring them before his honor and
make them pay for their fun. At
one time during the row ] thought
that our good Governor would have
to send Gen. CaStleman down and
persuade them to make peace, all of
which would have met my approval.
Pm still opposed to coerciOn-its not
Democratic.
Old Santa visited every house i'm
the community, causing Il good time
with the children. Some Of the
Older ones were not forgotten.
Mrs. Jessie Tierney and husband,
of Louisville, KY, sent their parents,
Mr.. j. a. and Mrs. MOlle Bell, a
number of valuable presents, which
fhnx, npirn xnryr hirhlx,
Mrs. Rosa Briskel and husband, of
this place, are at the bedside of her
mother, Mrs. Murphy, at Jones
Station, who is dangerously sick with
drOpsy.
Mr.. Thomas hartford, deputy
sheriff of Shelby, is still very low,
and not expected to recover.
DIR. O. II. Reynolds is now located
in Bagdad, Ky. This place is now
Il fine opening for some young man.
We have no doctor nearer than Bag
dad, which is four miles, six miles TO
Hardinsville, or Frankfort, which is
eight miles. Any one wishing to
locate here for the purpose of dealing
in rllls, can get any information he
may ueSirc ITpIR Lchc AOCulli. iIut-
ton, Ky.
I'm compelled to disappOint my nu-
merous friends. promised them that
my next letter would be from Craw.
On account of an accident which
happened me on the road when left
Sandritile on my way to Craw, by
way of Bald Knob, Tioga, Hatton,
&c, when near Major Tom KeSler's
Ton the new road located by the
county commissioners, John n.
Crutcher and others, by and with con-
sent of Chief Justice .NcLade, Of
Frankfort. Ky), my old horse fell
over an embankment one hundred
feet deep. Old Bail was killed out
right. What must | do in order to
get pay for Ball: Sue Kesler, or the
president of the turnpike company?
Whilst here l heard that the Widow
BerdOtt had lost her oldest boy, Jake,
by being mired in the middle Of
the turnpike leading from Frankfort
To Flat Creek. This happened not
far from Belle Point. Any inforna-
ton from the president of the road,
Mr.. C6,WWaH, will be thankfully re-
ceived
Mrs. MOllic Church, of Peaks Mill,
sent the railroad agent ut this place Il
link of chittlings one hundred and
sixty-nine feet lol g. lie ate them all